#CDAB48#CDAB48

#CDAB48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.123 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB48
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 1.37, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 54.08, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0002 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.123 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9115, 42.5752, 12.1926)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB48 #486ACD

analogous

#CD6948 #CDAB48 #ADCD48

triadic

#CDAB48 #48CDAB #AB48CD

tetradic

#CDAB48 #48CD69 #486ACD #CD48AD

square

#CDAB48 #48CD69 #486ACD #CD48AD

split-complementary

#CDAB48 #48ADCD #6948CD

monochromatic

#796321 #A98A2E #CDAB48 #DAC178 #E7D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#CDAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB48

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB48	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.123 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37f',
    500: '#cdab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab48;
$custom-light: #e0c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.662,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB48

secondary

#9CABD5

accent

#6FE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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